Word: predictions
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...year. The U.S. has warned that if the Chinese government does not close the pirate factories, Washington will slap an extra $2 billion tariff on imported Chinese goods. Beijing is threatening to retaliate in kind, and there is worried talk about a trade war, though veterans of these negotiations predict a settlement before the deadline of June 17. Some high-profile Chinese government raids on the pirate plants are likely to take place before that date, which will provide the Clinton Administration with an excuse to avoid imposing sanctions...
...identifying most of these asteroids and plotting their orbits, astronomers insist, they could predict many years in advance if any were destined to strike Earth. Most of the large ones, they say, could be cataloged within a decade, given the necessary funding. But budgets are tight, congressional support is lacking, and NASA has opted to continue only its relatively modest $1 million annual support for three independent groups with telescopes specifically dedicated to NEO hunting. These teams are headed by Tom Gehrels at the University of Arizona, Helin at J.P.L. and Shoemaker at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona...
Such numbers are not just a snapshot of how we live today. To experts who understand the trajectory of childhood development, the statistics predict a grim future for American society. As Douglas Nelson, executive director of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, puts it, "It may well be that the nation cannot survive--as a decent place to live, as a world-class power or even as a democracy--with such high rates of children growing into adulthood unprepared to parent, unprepared to be productively employed and unprepared to share in mainstream aspirations...
Iraq is finally cooperating well enough with United Nations monitoring to be allowed to sell oil for food and medicine. Hearing that news, I couldn't help wondering whether I should have been able to predict some movement toward flexibility in Baghdad when I noticed an Associated Press item last March that began, "Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has ordered an end to the practice of cutting off the ears of army deserters and draft dodgers...
...Likud headquarters, workers were subdued, but had not given up hope. Netanyahu's supporters are counting on the momentum he gained in the final week of campaigning, rising by as much as seven percentage points in some polls. Exit polling also led Israeli television station Channel 1 to predict significant losses for both the Likud and Labor in Israel's parliament, the 120-seat Knesset. The station estimated that Labor would hold 37 of its 44 seats, while it predicted that Likud would retain 31 of its present 40 seats, with other factions picking up the losses. -->